Livia Peng

Livia Peng
Personal information
Full name Livia Maïté Peng[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002
Place of birth Chur, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Youth career
2009–2014 FC Ems
2014–2019 Team South East Switzerland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 FC Zürich 67 (0)
2022–2023 BK Häcken 3 (0)
2023 → Levante (loan) 5 (0)
2023–2025 Werder Bremen 41 (0)
2025– Chelsea 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Switzerland U16 2 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U17 13 (0)
2019–2020 Switzerland U19 5 (0)
2023– Switzerland 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:37, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Livia Maïté Peng (born 14 March 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Switzerland national team. She previously played for Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken FF and for Swiss Women's Super League club FC Zürich Frauen.

Club career

Starting at age seven, Peng played with FC Ems on mixed youth teams. She later joined the Southeastern Switzerland boys' team and was supported there by coach Romano Cabalzar from age 12 to 17.

From July 2017 Peng was employed by FC Zürich in an all-female team for the first time. In August 2019 she was nominated as first-choice goalkeeper. As an FCZ player, Peng made six appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

After a 2021–22 season with two titles, she signed a professional contract with Gothenburg club BK Häcken in Sweden's Damallsvenskan league.[2] In her first season she made three league appearances and one cup appearance. In January 2023, Peng was loaned to Spanish Liga F club Levante until the end of the season.[3] She played five times.[4]

Peng joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in the summer of 2023.[5] She made her debut as a starter on the first day of the championship in the 5–1 away victory over 1. FC Nürnberg, before going on to play 20 games and keeping five clean sheets across the campaign.[6] Peng's 2024–25 season was particularly notable, as her performances, characterised by her 1-on-1 saves and impressive build-up play, earned her a spot in Kicker's team of the season.[7] She played 21 matches — missing a single game due to a concussion — and kept seven clean sheets, helping Bremen to finish seventh.[8][9][10]

On 10 June 2025, Chelsea announced that Peng would officially join the club on 1 July 2025, with her signing a four-year deal with the club.[11]

International career

Youth

At age 15, Peng was selected for the U17 national team for 2018 U-17 European Championship qualifications. She made her debut during the first qualifying round for the subsequent 2019 U-17 European Championship, where she played in all three matches of the first phase, guaranteeing her team's passage to the next round. Until 2021 she played in various youth national teams.

The following year Peng was in the squad with the U19 national team for the first qualifying round of the 2020 U-19 European Championship. Coach Nora Häuptle used her in two of the three group stage matches. Peng did not concede a goal against Austria and Latvia, guaranteeing her team's advancement to the next round. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA decided to cancel the tournament before the start of the elite phase.[12]

Senior

Peng was called up to the senior national team for the first time in November 2020, alongside Gaëlle Thalmann and Seraina Friedli as third goalkeeper. She was in the squad for the European Championship finals in England in the summer of 2022.[13] On 11 November 2022, she was in goal during the first half of a friendly against Denmark, but that game was only counted as an unofficial friendly as more than six substitutions were made.[14] Her official debut finally came a few months later, as a starter in the home friendly match on 21 February 2023, a 1–1 draw with Poland.[15] She was included in the list of 23 players called up for the 2023 World Cup on 4 July of that year.[16] Her first competitive fixture was a 0–1 loss to Italy in the 2023–24 Nations League.[17]

For the 2025 Euros in Switzerland, Peng was chosen as the starting goalkeeper by manager Pia Sundhage.[18] During the opening match against Norway, Peng misjudged a corner cross which allowed Ada Hegerberg to head in the equalizer, in a match the hosts lost 2–1.[19][20]

Honours

FC Zürich

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Livia Peng (BK Häcken FF) - Player profile | Forza Football". forzafootball.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Aminata Diallo and Livia Peng join Levante". Footbalada. 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "El conjunto granota dice adiós a Livia Peng". @OficialLigaF (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Werder verpflichtet WM-Teilnehmerin Peng" [Werder signs World Cup participant Peng]. kicker (in German). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2023-2024 Livia Peng Match Logs (Goalkeeping)". FBref.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Gwinn, Cerci, Freigang und Co.: Die kicker-Elf der Saison 2024/25". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Werders Torhüterin Peng fällt aufgrund einer Gehirnerschütterung aus - buten un binnen". www.butenunbinnen.de (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  9. ^ ""Ein kleines Märchen für sie": Torhüterin Peng wechselt zu Chelsea". kicker (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Livia Peng wechselt zum FC Chelsea | SV Werder Bremen". www.werder.de (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Welcome to Chelsea, Livia Peng!". www.chelseafc.com.
  12. ^ UEFA.com (1 April 2020). "UEFA postpones all June national team matches". UEFA. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  13. ^ Dominik, Erb. "La rosa di Nils Nielsen per l'Europeo". www.football.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ Dubach, Matthias (25 December 2022). "Wie kams bei der Frauen-Nati zum Lapsus?". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Associazione Svizzera di Football - Team". www.football.ch. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  16. ^ Dominik, Erb. "Inka Grings annuncia la rosa elvetica per la Coppa del Mondo". www.football.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  17. ^ baumgartner.stefan. "Frauen-Nationalteam: Niederlage gegen Italien zum Auftakt der Nations League". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ^ Werder, Lucas (26 June 2025). "Livia Peng geht als Schweizer Nummer 1 in die Heim-EM". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  19. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (2 July 2025). "Euro 2025 hosts Switzerland suffer own-goal and VAR heartache against Norway". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Doppelschlag aus dem Nichts verhilft Norwegen zum Auftaktsieg über die Schweiz". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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